Rolled stock holder



Feb, 22, 1938. v E BARTRAM L 2,109,097

ROLLED S TOCKHOLDER Filed Aug. 25, 1937 n INVENTOR. char/e5 f. Barf/m BYW ' ATTORNEYS Patented Feb. 22, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1Claim.

This invention relates to a holder particularly adapted to supportrolled stock such as paper towels in the roll, wrapping paper, or toiletpaper and, the primary object of the invention is the provision of anextremely simple rugged and durable holder that may be attached to asupporting element through the employment of but a single bracket.

A further object of the invention is to provide a rolled stock holder ofthe aforementioned character that has a spindle held at one end only bya specially formed rack, which spindle is provided at the other endthereof with a retaining element mounted upon the said spindle in aspecial manner so that the rolled stock is retained in position when theretaining member is in the operative relation thereto.

A further object of this invention is to provide a rolled stock holderwhich has a specially made spindle upon which is swingably mounted aretaining finger which is movable to a position at right angles to thelongitudinal axis of the spindle from a position in longitudinalalignment therewith.

A large number of minor objects of the invention will appear during thecourse of the following specification referring to the accompanyingdrawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a rolled stock holder made to embody thepresent invention.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation thereof.

Fig. 3 is a vertical cross section through the same taken on line IIIIIIof Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is an end view of the holder.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary side elevation of a portion of the spindle atone end thereof showing the retaining finger in the operative position,and

Fig. 6 is a similar view but with the retaining finger shown in theposition where stock may be introduced to the spindle.

Heretofore, brackets or holders for rolled stock have usually requiredtwo brackets between which is positioned the roll of paper and each ofwhich must be secured to the supporting surface such as the wall of aroom. Through the employment of the holder embodying this invention, itis necessary to use but a, single bracket and the relation between thesingle bracket and the spindle is such as to render the holding togetherthereof positive and rigid.

The preferred embodiment of the invention as illustrated, compfises abracket 8 which is made up of a plate having a flange l0 disposed atright-angles to the main portion thereof at one end. This flange isperforated as at l2 to provide openings through which may pass screws oranalogous fastening means to secure the holder in place. Bracket 8 isprovided with a notch I4 which extends inwardly from the normal upperedge thereof, which notch presents opposed edges that engage spindle l6in the unique manner.

Spindle I6 is an elongated cylindrical body having notches [8 formedtherein adjacent to one end thereof. These notches [8 are in opposedrelation as illustrated in Fig. 1 and the inner ends thereof areparallel and engage the sides of bracket 8 which form notch M asillustrated in. Fig. 3. This relation just described is establishedbetween bracket 8 and spindle l6 when the parts are in the operativeposition.

The other end of spindle I6 has a longitudinally inwardly extended notch20 formed therein that creates a bifurcated end that provideslongitudinally extending parallel ears 22 between which is disposed theretaining finger 24 of a special nature. This retaining finger has aslot 26 provided therein that extends longitudinally and inwardly fromone end thereof. This slot 26 is limited so far as effective length isconcerned by a transverse pin 28 which serves to restrict thelongitudinal movement of finger 24 with respect to cross pin 30 whichextends across notch 20 from one car 22 to the other. The thickness ofretaining finger 24 is substantially the same as the distance betweenthe inner faces of ears 22 and when cross pin 30 is at the innermost endof slot 26, finger 24 cannot swing about said pin 30. In this regardattention is drawn to Fig. 5, wherein is shown finger 24 in a positionas shown in Fig. 1 so that any roll of paper which might be on spindlel6 cannot be removed therefrom.

When pin 30 is in the opposite end of slot 26, finger 24 may swingthereabout to a position shown in Fig. 6 which is in longitudinalalignment with the axis of spindle l6. When in this position, a tube orroll of paper may be introduced to or removed from spindle 16. Onecorner of finger 24 is arched or rounded as at 32 so that the finger mayswing about cross pin 30 in one direction. This arched portion 32 isconcentric with the axis of cross pin 30 so that movementfrom theposition shown in Fig. 5 to the position shown in Fig. 6 and back mightbe accomplished with ease. Obviously, before any swinging about pin 30can occur, it is necessary to move retaining finger to position pin 30in the end of slot 26 closest to the end of the finger.

Manifestly, from the foregoing, it will be plain to one skilled in theart that rolled stock holders embodying the invention might be made topresent appearances other than that illustrated and while the preferredembodiment has been shown and described, it is desired to be limitedonly by the scope of the appended claim.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new and desiredto be secured by Letters Patent is:

A holder of the kind described, comprising a bracket; a spindle securedat one end to the bracket and provided with a ;p2.ir;0f longitudinallyextending; parallel ears at'th'e other end; a transverse pin in the earsextending across the space between said ears; and a retaining fingerhaving a longitudinal slot formed therein adjacent to and spaced fromone end thereof, said pin being extended through said slot, said fingerbeing arched at one corner of said one end to permit its beingoscillated about the transverse pin through an are when the latter is atthe outermost end of the slot, said finger being of a widthsubstantially the same as the distance between the ears the other cornerof'said one end' servingas a stop for the finger, when the same is 10 atone end of its pathof travel and in longitudinal alignment with thespindle. V

. CHARLES E. BARTRAM.

